-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jim Flanagan wrote:
Jim Flanagan wrote:
G T Smith wrote:
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Jim Flanagan wrote:
Hi,
I'm having trouble burning over 4.2 GB files onto DVD's with K3B, in opensuse 10.2. My Suse 9.3 version burned up to 4.7 GB with no problem. Is there a setting I need to change?
Many thanks,
Jim F
I think someone needs to put a FAQ somewhere, a 4.7Gb DVD holds about 4.3Bb data. One could try overburning, but this is not a recommendable approach. There apparently is an issue with images close to 4Gb and the implementation of isofs as implemented in Linux.
10.2 uses a different set of tools to 9.3 for CD/DVD burning. K3B was originally designed to work with the older tools and does not always interact well with the current tools when burning. I tend to use K3B to build an ISO image but do any burning from the command line nowadays (curiously once I got used to it I find it a bit easier).
Under 9.3 DVD burning was a little less twitchy about media types than the current tools. Entering the following at command line is usually reliable both as a test, and burning an extant image.
growisofs -dvd-compat -Z <dvd device>=<iso image>
This variant could be tried...
growisofs -dvd-compat -overburn -Z <dvd device>=<iso image>
but I do not know whether it would work.
9.3 was less twitchy. I am trying to burn iso images just over 5.5gb in size. This was no problem in 9.3. Is there a reason the newer version of k3b in 10.2 works differently? I thought udf file format was udf file format, same for all. Is there an update for k3b perhaps?
Sorry, thats just over 4.5gb (not 5.5). JF
If you read the man pages for mkisofs it explicitly stated that udf support is alpha, wastes space, and does not implement all expected features. K3B is a GUI front end for the command line utilities. 10.2 uses mkisofs to create iso images, wodim for burning CD stuff (the cdrecord command links to wodim) and growisofs is now the primary burning tool for DVD. cdrecord in its original form did not burn DVDs without patching (the author charged for his DVD code, but there was another patch available). growisofs has evolved since 9.3 came out, and it is somewhat more difficult to accidentally burn DVDs into fancy coasters as a consequence. Unfortunately, this tends to mean that it is a little more difficult to do some of things it did by default before (one has to explicitly force some behaviours, so you can try and make your own coasters if you really want to :-) ). The issues with original tools seems to be a mixture of both personal politics and technology, which is a shame... - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGgM+aasN0sSnLmgIRAqorAJwL7K7JHjvkLlvSujIcgJW5zfAJPQCdEYb8 g0z6VAXGCcOm8jAIPoof7gM= =q/RA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org